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Quality-adjusted life year (QALY)

A measure of a patient's health improvement as achieved by a medical treatment. It combines aspects of an individual’s quality of life with the number of extra years they may live due to treatment.

See also:
Quality of life (QOL)
Quality of life trials

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Related terms

Foundation Trust (FT), World Health Organisation (WHO), Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) (US) , Delegate, European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), Health Status Index, Concordance programme, Cost–benefit analysis, Continuing Medical Education (CME), Health technology assessment/appraisal (HTA), Key opinion leader (KOL), Health profile, Australian Medical Association (AMA), Healthy years equivalent (HYE), Strategic health authority (SHA),

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